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Linus Torvalds Isn't Looking 10 Years Ahead For Linux and That's OK

Posted by samzenpus on from the living-in-the-now dept.

darthcamaro writes: At the Linuxcon conference in Seattle today, Linus Torvalds responded to questions about Linux security and about the next 10 years of Linux. For security, Torvalds isn't too worried as he sees it just being about dealing with bugs. When it comes to having a roadmap he's not worried either as he just leaves that to others. "I'm a very plodding, pedestrian person and look only about six months ahead," Torvalds said. "I look at the current release and the next one, as I don't think planning 10 years ahead is sane."

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  1. This just in by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Linus Torvalds has no vision of the future. Linux doomed.

  2. Who cares? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Seriously, who gives a flying fuck any more what Linus thinks? He's been somewhere between indifferent and openly hostile toward usability issues for years, and all the important work on a Linux distribution, in terms of making it more appealing to mainstream computer users, happens well outside the kernel.

    If this article said that the heads of GNOME, KDE, etc. weren't looking 10 years ahead, then it would be much more newsworthy (and troubling).